Charlestown High School - Pirates Yearbook (Charlestown, IN)

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FARM MECHANICS This is the first Farm Shop class in Clark County. The course takes up the principal mechanical operation of farm machinery and the building of small farm and household articles. Gasoline engines were torn down, studied, and then rebuilt. Among things studied were sharpening saws, plane bits, parts and operation of different types of tractors, and care and use of farm tools and machinery. To equip the shop many useful tools were purchased. This course has been successful in the past year and the school hopes to have a bigger and better class in the future. ELVIN SUTTON RADIO CLUB y, 9 CHARLES MILES SHELDON ARNOLD The strong interest of a few capable boys in the mystery of radio brought about the formation of a radio club. The boys pictured above have each built a different type of radio and have obtained excellent results. With the prin- cipal, Mr. Wonnell, named as sponsor, application has been made and ap- proved by the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D. C. to license an amateur radio station here in Charlestown High School. Mr. Wonnell's home station in lndianapolis is licensed WQWQA. Twenty-two

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GLEE CLUB MARGARET CARTWRIGHT, Director First Row, seated left to right: Margaret Hester, lean Childers, lean Bruner, Aileen Wright, Thelma Boyd, Marybelle Crum. Second Row, left to right: Dorothy Owens, Francis Houchens, Catherine Montgomery, Ieanetta Iones, Lucille Barton, Louise Reynolds, Hazel McGaughey, Glenna Straughn. Third Row, left to right: Phyllis Shelby, Mary Gellhaus, Marianna McClure, Louise Griften, Esther Sink, Ioan Wyrick, Nora Gallman, Myrtle Couch, Gladys Owens, Margaret Cartwright. Fourth Row, left to right: I. P, Carr, Bruce Stockdell, Ralph Hauselman, Edward Sallee, Donald Cole, Delyn Werner, Dewey Sly. SPEECH CLASS A new instrument used to considerable advantage this year was a recorder. This device was especially useful in work with the Glee Clubs and music department. A student may never be able to detect the fact that he or she is singing flat until the reproduction of the passage is heard. Pictured above is the Senior speech class under the direction of Miss McCullough receiving valuable radio and microphone technique training with the advantage of being able to have the speech played back and corrected accordingly. Twenty-one

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OH DOCTOR One of the highlights of the year '40-41 was the musical comedy, Oh Doctor! This operetta was given under the very capable direction of Mr. McCann, a traveling director who is expert at that sort of thing, and Mrs. Robert Cartwright, music teacher of Charlestown High School. Some of the high spots of the show were: Slow and Easy featuring Myrtis Bailey and Albert Ross as the dark-skinned actors who furnished much of the comedy. Also She's a Corn-fed lndiana Girl with lean Childers Cwho, incidentally, stole the show? and Edward Sallee as 'Penelope' and 'Iohnson'. There were also several dances and songs by some of the different grades which were enjoyed by all. This review was presented by students from the entire school and was quite a hit , Twenty-three